gallerina

English

Etymology

Blend of gallery +‎ ballerina

Pronunciation
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Noun

gallerina (plural gallerinas)

  1. (slang) A fashionable art gallery employee, usually female.
    • 2007 May 28, Janet Maslin, “Dance, Gallerina, Dance: A Gimlet-Eyed Look Through an Art World Keyhole”, in New York Times‎:
      The heroine of Danielle Ganek’s captivatingly titled novel “Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him” is a gallerina.
    • 2024 April 5, Alaina Demopoulos, “Sex and the City is on Netflix. Perfect – gen Z are a bunch of Charlottes”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      But Charlotte, a prim gallerina whose sole aspiration consists of locking down a Wasp husband, remained a bridge to the past.
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